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Like sharks to blood in the water, the mob arrived in Hollywood greedy and ready to tear away huge chunks of cash. Opportunistic mobsters saw labor unions as the means for muscling into the movie industry and extorting millions of dollars from studio bosses.

Sin City Gangsters is a fast-paced account of how the mob created Las Vegas by building, buying, and controlling not only gambling casinos, but also many important politicians. They were visionaries who transformed Vegas into the entertainment capital of the world.

Hitler and Boxing -- Men of Unsurpassed Evil -- The Biggest Little Champ: Victor Perez -- The Miracle of Life in a Pair of Fists -- 200 to 1 -- Sinto Into the Ring -- Harry Haft: Contender -- Run for Your Life -- Vengeance in Mine -- The Nuremberg Trials -- German Boxing: Before, During, and After the War -- :Anti-Semitism in Germany and America.

"Through profiles of the most colorful and powerful crime bosses, gang members, corrupt cops, and numerous mob associates as well as pivotal events in the history of organized crime, Big Apple Gangsters reveals just how influential the mob has been in controlling large numbers of business not just in New York, but also in other cities"--